(Closed) 48 hours in Sydney… What should we do?

I need some advice on fun/unique (off the beaten path) things to do in Sydney! Mr. Wallaby and I are staying in Darlinghurst, and we days 2 full days here. What do you girls recommend? (we’re already planning on doing an Opera House tour and spending part of a day wandering from Bronte to Bondi Beach. But we need some more ideas! Thanks!! 🙂

@Mrs. Wallaby: There is a fantastic bar at the Opera House called Opera Bar – great drinks and fantastic views of the bridge! I would also suggest going for a wander around Circular Quay which is near the Rocks. Hope you have a fantastic time 🙂

Thanks girls!! We’re staying in Darlinghurst and lovingggg this neighborhood, so many restaurants and bars and it’s so lively, without huge swarms of tourists 😉

We toured the opera house today, ate at the Opera Bar (thanks for the tip!!), and walked around the Circular Quay and the Rocks before Mr. w got tired andcranky and we returned to the hotel for a long nap. We’ll hit a couple bars/lounges tonight but it’s too late to see much.

We did get some lovely photos at the botanic gardens, thanks! I’m a plant lover so I was basically in paradise there. We’ll probably go back tomorrow for more 🙂

We keep debating whether to do the bridge climb… I think it’s just too expensive. We are going to climb up the Pylon for $10 though to get a littttle bit of the experience.

We will definitely take a ferry somewhere fun tomorrow, we’ll see what the weather is like. I’d like to go somewhere nice to watch the sun set, where would you recommend?

@KellyLouise: thanks for the restaurant rec…we’ll check it out tomorrow!

@paula1248: Sure!! I’ll post a full recap on the blog in the next couple weeks, but here’s a little summary for you Sydney bees 🙂

We stayed at the Diamant Hotel in Potts Point/Darling Hurst and LOVED it – the hotel, the neighborhood, etc. We had some great Thai food one night at a place on Victoria Street, and we saw the new James Bond movie at the Palace Verona (way cooler than most movie theaters in the US…I love that you can have cocktails at the movies!). We spent a lot of time walking all over the city, we saw Hyde Park and the Royal Botanic Gardens (I’m a plant lover so that was my favorite place!), toured the Opera House (Mr. A’s favorite place – we had a great tour guide), had lunch/drinks at Opera Bar, walked around Circular Quay and The Rocks and Darling Harbour as well as CBD, went shopping at David Jones and Westfield (well let’s be real… everything was pretty expensive so the only thing we walked away with was macarons from Ladies), walked along Oxford Street… we climbed up to the Pylon Look our but skipped the bridge climb because We just couldn’t justify the cost. We never made it to the beach because it was pretty overcast the whole time we were there, but we will definitely go back, and we’re dying to do the walk from Bondi to Cogee at sunrise. One of my oldest friends is in law school at Sydney Uni so she took us out to see the sights one night – we had drinks at 5 at Gazebo (loved it!!), kangaroo pizza at Pizza on the Rocks, gelato at Gelato Messina (omggg so good!), and went out to the bars around Darlinghurst. I’m sure I’m missing some things, but those were the highlights! I loved the fashion in Sydney and found some pretty things in the boutiques near our hotel, poor Mr. w got dragged around for a bit. Anyways, thanks for all the tips! We’re definitely coming back 🙂